Lpc2000

The licence for FAT is $0.25 per product

Gus
--- In lpc2000@...m, "Bill Knight" <BillK@t...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:16:31 -0800, David Hawkins wrote:
> 
> 
> >> OTOH, I would like to have the long file names.  The 8.3 
notation 
> >> just isn't useful when describing an effect file.
> >> 
> >> So it comes down to lazy versus utility.  Unless I can find the 
code 
> >> already written.
> 
> >You could always use another file for 'long names' and have
> >that file map the long name to short 8.3 names.
> 
> >I think this is what some of the older CD burner routines
> >used to do to put long file names onto a CD that only
> >supported 8.3 format.
> 
> >The downside is that you now have to read and write long filenames
> >using a custom WinXP file manager. Not really too difficult with
> >a little bit of Tcl/Tk scripting to read the long filename
> >file, display those file names, and then convert back
> >again to access the device ...
> 
> >Just another option to assist in your laziness :)
> 
> >Dave
> 
> 
> Another thing to consider is that Microsoft has four patents on the
> VFAT file system which is the layer that adds long filename support
> to the original FAT file system.  See
>  http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3415871
> for some additional info.  I am sure there is much more available 
on
> the net.
> 
> Regards
> -Bill Knight
> R O SoftWare &
> http://www.theARMPatch.com
>